LETTER: Additional traffic unwelcome in neighborhood

Laura BartlettTuscaloosa

Published: Monday, June 24, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 10:46 p.m.

Dear Editor: I live on Harrison Street and would like to address several letters regarding Aspen Heights off Hargrove Road. Like Rick Dye, I respect the owner’s rights to pursue rezoning as they should respect my opposition to it.

We have lived here 17 years, my husband’s family since 1947.He grew up here. We experienced changes during the recent construction on the corner of Hargrove Road and Prince Avenue. A detour increased traffic in front of our house. It was necessary but unwelcome. Once built, the 475-plus bed complex will feed traffic to Prince Avenue. We don’t need the additional students speeding on our street at all hours.

I appreciate a college town, and not all students party and are bad neighbors, but divide the number in half and it’s still too many. Our son and daughter in-law live on this street and one day our grandchildren. They deserve to grow up and play in the neighborhood we know and bought into.

Stacey Mitchell’s point that 26 beds per acre seems low-

density. Consider the other projects she mentioned. Are they in a densely populated area with single family homes? Susan Joyner, Franklin, Tenn., voiced her opinion, but this is a local issue. While we appreciate support of Alabama football and Tuscaloosa, does she have a dog in this fight? And to Janet Wyatt, Ralph, just because Auburn has a development like this doesn’t mean we need one. I look forward to the City Council’s decision on July 9, I urge the council to deny.

<p>Dear Editor: I live on Harrison Street and would like to address several letters regarding Aspen Heights off Hargrove Road. Like Rick Dye, I respect the owner's rights to pursue rezoning as they should respect my opposition to it. </p><p>We have lived here 17 years, my husband's family since 1947.He grew up here. We experienced changes during the recent construction on the corner of Hargrove Road and Prince Avenue. A detour increased traffic in front of our house. It was necessary but unwelcome. Once built, the 475-plus bed complex will feed traffic to Prince Avenue. We don't need the additional students speeding on our street at all hours.</p><p>I appreciate a college town, and not all students party and are bad neighbors, but divide the number in half and it's still too many. Our son and daughter in-law live on this street and one day our grandchildren. They deserve to grow up and play in the neighborhood we know and bought into.</p><p>Stacey Mitchell's point that 26 beds per acre seems low-</p><p>density. Consider the other projects she mentioned. Are they in a densely populated area with single family homes? Susan Joyner, Franklin, Tenn., voiced her opinion, but this is a local issue. While we appreciate support of Alabama football and Tuscaloosa, does she have a dog in this fight? And to Janet Wyatt, Ralph, just because Auburn has a development like this doesn't mean we need one. I look forward to the City Council's decision on July 9, I urge the council to deny.</p>